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* Another military example is Operation ''Ten-Go'', the last voyage of the superbattleship ''Yamato'' in April, 1945. As the Americans invaded the island of Okinawa, the Imperial Japanese Navy felt compelled to do something to aid in the defense of the Japanese homelands, even though the IJN's fuel reserves were almost gone, and American subs and planes were sinking any ship that sailed outside Japanese home waters. Regardless, and not wanting to see their mighty flagship suffer the humiliation of being sunk in dock or left to rust, IJN high command conceived of a glourious ''kamikaze''-style last stand for their remaining surface ships. The plan was for ''Yamato'' to sail full-steam to Okinawa with a small escort task force, sink as many American ships as it could, and then beach itself on the island, acting as a shore battery until it was inevitably destroyed. However, what ultimately happened was the following:[[note]] And comes as no surprise to anyone who understood the tactical & strategic situation of the war at the time [[/note]] American submarines and patrol planes spotted the ''Yamato'''s task force as soon as it left port, and provided minute by minute positional data to the fleet commanders near Okinawa. The US Navy launched over 400 planes with a squadron of fast battleships and cruisers as backup to intercept the ''Yamato''. The planes got there first, and because the Japanese ships had no air cover and obsolete AA guns, they were able to line up their torpedo and bombing runs with near impunity. In the end, 6 out of 10 Japanese ships sunk, with the ''Yamato'' herself going down in a massive explosion.

* In 1918 the Germans mustered all their remaining reserves, including the cream of their armies, for one more tilt at winning the First World War (or at least forcing a favorable peace) before the US Army deployed in full strength. Having battered the British Fifth Army to pieces and gained more ground in less time than anyone had managed on the Western Front in the past four years, the Germans were well on their way to winning. All of a sudden, the gains they made became the end instead of the means. Paris beckoned as a shiny distraction, the British and the French rallied, US forces began to trickle into the battle, they moved faster than their already-overstretched supply lines could keep up with... and the downhill slide began. For the Germans, this overlaps with NiceJobBreakingItHero.

A Negated Moment of Awesome is when a character is about to get their SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, only for it to never come. The MOA in question ends up accomplishing [[AllForNothing nothing]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things worse]], or, if the MOA was a hero apparently emerging victorious in battle, their enemy gets back up and just completely turns the tables back on them. Compare HopeSpot, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, KaizoTrap, FailedAttemptAtDrama, and WhatCouldHaveBeen. Contrast with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and OffscreenMomentOfAwesome. Is surprisingly common in DarkerAndEdgier works or even modern comedies poking fun at tropes and various cliches. Pretty much every ShootTheShaggyDog story ends like this. If the moment is negated by hindsight or turns out to be a ''bad'' thing in the long run, that's ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime and NiceJobBreakingItHero.

* Another military example is Operation ''Ten-Go'', the last voyage of the superbattleship ''Yamato'' in April, 1945. As the Americans invaded the island of Okinawa, the Imperial Japanese Navy felt compelled to do something to aid in the defense of the Japanese homelands, even though the IJN's fuel reserves were almost gone, and American subs and planes were sinking any ship that sailed outside Japanese home waters. Regardless, and not wanting to see their mighty flagship suffer the humiliation of being sunk in dock or left to rust, IJN high command conceived of a glourious ''kamikaze''-style last stand for their remaining surface ships. The plan was for ''Yamato'' to sail full-steam to Okinawa with a small escort task force, sink as many American ships as it could, and then beach itself on the island, acting as a shore battery until it was inevitably destroyed. However, what ultimately happened was the following:[[note]] And comes as no surprise to anyone who understood the tactical & strategic situation of the war at the time [[/note]] American submarines and patrol planes spotted the ''Yamato'''s task force as soon as it left port, and provided minute by minute positional data to the fleet commanders near Okinawa. The US Navy launched over 400 planes with a squadron of fast battleships and cruisers as backup to intercept the ''Yamato''. The planes got there first, and because the Japanese ships had no air cover and obsolete AA guns, they were able to line up their torpedo and bombing runs with near impunity. Ind the end, 6 out of 10 Japanese ships sunk, with the ''Yamato'' herself going down in a massive explosion.

-->'''Joe:''' Agh! ''Mediocre!''

* Another military example is Operation ''Ten-Go'', AKA the last voyage of the superbattleship ''Yamato'' in April, 1945. As the Americans invaded the island of Okinawa, the Imperial Japanese Navy felt compelled to do something to aid in the defense of the Japanese homelands, even though the IJN's fuel reserves were almost gone, and American subs and planes were sinking any ship that dared to sail outside Japanese home waters. Nevertheless, rather than see their mighty flagship suffer the ignomity of being sunk in dock or left to rust, IJN high command conceived of a glourious ''kamikaze''-style last stand for their remaining surface ships. The plan was for ''Yamato'' to sail full-steam to Okinawa with a small escort task force, sink as many American troop ships as it could on the way in, then beach itself on the island, acting as a shore battery until it was inevitably destroyed. What ''actually'' happened came as no surprise to anyone who understood the tactical situation in the Pacific theatre at that point in the war; American subs and patrol planes spotted the ''Yamato'''s task force as soon as it left port, and provided minute by minute positional data to the fleet commanders near Okinawa. The US Navy launched over 400 planes with a squadron of fast battleships and cruisers as backup to intercept the ''Yamato''. The planes got there first, and because the Japanese ships had no air cover and obsolete AA guns, they were able to line up their torpedo and bombing runs with near impunity. End result? 6 out of 10 Japanese ships sunk, with the ''Yamato'' herself going up in an explosion so massive it produced a mushroom cloud that was visible from Kagoshima, a dire [[{{Foreshadowing}} preview of what was to come for the Japanese.]]

** Throughout "Applebuck Season", Applejack was determined to harvest her family's entire apple crop herself, stubborning refusing Twilight's insistance that she needed help, [[DetrimentalDetermination even though her tired state caused trouble for Ponyville]]. At the end of the episod, after harvesting one last tree, she proudly declared to Twilight she had done it...only for Big Mac to point out a few seconds later that she had only gotten ''half'' the grove. Applejack passes out before finally admitting that Twilight was right about her needing help.

** Throughout "Applebuck Season", Applejack was determined to harvest her family's entire apple croup herself, stubborning refusing Twilight's insistance that she needed help, [[DetrimentalDetermination even though her tired state caused trouble for Ponyville]]. At the end of the episod, after harvesting one last tree, she proudly declared to Twilight she had done it...only for Big Mac to point out a few seconds later that she had only gotten ''half'' the grove. Applejack passes out before finally admitting that Twilight was right about her needing help.

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